Tom Jolliffe pays homage to films that are utterly ludicrous, but are enjoyable because of it… If you can enjoy one thing about cinema, then it’s probably the wealth of variety at our disposal. We can watch the sublime, the dramatic, powerful, hilarious, thrilling, or we can also watch something that compounds (and beats the […]
Liam Neeson’s Enduring Action Hero Appeal
Tom Jolliffe on Liam Neeson’s enduring appeal as an action hero… The sheer presence and charismatic Irish drawl of a certain Liam Neeson has long been engaging audiences. He meandered as a supporting artist for a number of years, before eventually becoming something of a critical darling in Schindler’s List, and his tall stature, rugged […]
Liam Neeson to produce Unknown sequel series for television
While Liam Neeson continues to churn out his own sub-genre of steadily paced, indistinguishable action vehicles (read our ★★ review of his latest effort The Ice Road here) he has teamed up with Jaume Collet-Serra to produce a small screen spin-off of their 2011 hit Unknown for TNT. According to Deadline the latter-day action hero […]
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy producing horror anthology series Unknown for Amazon
Amazon Studios is teaming with Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films for the new horror anthology show Unknown. Developed by Craig Macneill and Clay Chapman (The Boy), Unknown is described as “a psychological horror anthology series that plunges into the corners of the American landscape, probing the intersection of folklore and our […]
